Tainted Aether

Urza's Saga • #161 • rare

Enchantment |

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Live Value $17.92

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

Printed 3 times LOW

Reprinted 3x historically, most recently in 2001 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.

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Tainted Aether

Urza's Saga • #161 • rare

Current Valuation

$17.92

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Rarity

rare

Set Origin

USG

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

#12,977

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Enchantment

Color Identity Black

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Whenever a creature enters, its controller sacrifices a creature or land of their choice.

"Gix despised the sylvan morass. The gouge that the portal had torn in the forest was the only pleasing sight."

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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

2004-10-04

If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.

2004-10-04

If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered.

2004-10-04

Tainted Aether's controller is the one that controls its triggered ability, but the controller of the creature that entered chooses what creature they sacrifice during resolution.

2004-10-04

If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 1998-10-12

Set Name: Urza's Saga

Artist Reference: Thomas M. Baxa

Border Profile: black

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard

Promo Status NO

Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal

modern not_legal

legacy legal

commander legal

pioneer not_legal

pauper not_legal

vintage legal

brawl not_legal

explorer not_legal

penny not_legal

predh legal

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